(Newark, De 19702) For the past two months (Dec 2021, Jan 2022), investigators from the New Castle County Division of Police Criminal Investigations Unit Gang Task Force and Safe Streets​ conducted an extensive investigation into a residence on the 2000 block of Frazer Road in the community of Shelley Farms. 

Sufficient probable cause was established for illicit drug sales coming out of this residence and a search warrant was authored and signed.

On January 26th, 2022,  members of the Mobile Enforcement Team and Drug Control Squad executed the search warrant and arrested 22-year-old Brandon Silva, and 32-year-old Brandon Mason.

At the residence the investigators seized: a 2010 BMW 535, 3 handguns, 4lbs of Marijuana, 59.1 grams of Psilocybin Mushrooms, 26 LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide), $2,305 USC, and numerous items of drug paraphernalia.

Both subjects were transported to headquarters and charged.  Brandon Silva was charged with two counts of felony Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance (Tier 2 Quantity), one count of felony Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, and one count of misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2 and released after posting $25,500 secured bail.  

Brandon Mason was charged with one count of felony Possession of a Weapon by Person Prohibited (Controlled Substance) and one count of a civil violation for Possession of Marijuana.  He was also arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2 and held in lieu of $10,001 secured bail.

A third subject has been charged, but at the time of this media release, he has not yet been apprehended.